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Teachers’ judgments of problems in the transition to kindergarten
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The authors examined teachers' judgments of the prevalence and types of problems children present upon entering kindergarten and found that up to 46% of teachers reported that half their class or more had specific problems in any of a number of areas in kindergarten transition.About:
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School Readiness and Later Achievement
Greg J. Duncan,Chantelle J. Dowsett,Amy Claessens,Katherine Magnuson,Aletha C. Huston,Pamela Kato Klebanov,Linda S. Pagani,Leon Feinstein,Mimi Engel,Jeanne Brooks-Gunn,Holly R. Sexton,Kathryn Duckworth,Crista Japel +12 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of the results shows that early math skills have the greatest predictive power, followed by reading and then attention skills, while measures of socioemotional behaviors were generally insignificant predictors of later academic performance.
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Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control
TL;DR: Cognitive control skills important for success in school and life are amenable to improvement in at-risk preschoolers without costly interventions.
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School readiness. Integrating cognition and emotion in a neurobiological conceptualization of children's functioning at school entry.
TL;DR: A developmental neurobiological model of children's school readiness is proposed and direct links are proposed among emotionality, use-dependent synaptic stabilization related to the cortex, the development of executive function abilities, and academic and social competence in school settings.
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Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills.
Megan M. McClelland,Claire Cameron,Carol McDonald Connor,Carrie L. Farris,Abigail M. Jewkes,Frederick J. Morrison +5 more
TL;DR: Predictive relations between preschoolers' behavioral regulation and emergent literacy, vocabulary, and math skills and Hierarchical linear modeling was utilized because children were nested in 54 classrooms at 2 geographical sites revealed that behavioral regulation significantly and positively predicted fall and spring emergent Literacy and vocabulary skills.
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Biological processes in prevention and intervention: The promotion of self-regulation as a means of preventing school failure
Clancy Blair,Adele Diamond +1 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, early childhood educational programs that effectively link emotional and motivational arousal with activities designed to exercise and promote executive functions can be effective in enhancing self-regulation, school readiness, and school success.
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development
TL;DR: The link between socioeconomic disadvantage and children's socioemotional functioning appears to be mediated partly by harsh, inconsistent parenting and elevated exposure to acute and chronic stressors.
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Early Teacher–Child Relationships and the Trajectory of Children's School Outcomes through Eighth Grade
TL;DR: Relational Negativity in kindergarten was related to academic and behavioral outcomes through eighth grade, particularly for children with high levels of behavior problems in kindergarten and for boys generally.
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The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
TL;DR: The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education as mentioned in this paper is a scholarly masterpiece that synthesizes research, theory, and policy on multicultural education, focusing on all racially and culturally diverse groups (Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, European Americans, Asian Americans, and African Americans).
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A family process model of economic hardship and adjustment of early adolescent boys.
Rand D. Conger,Katherine Jewsbury Conger,Glen H. Elder,Frederick O. Lorenz,Ronald L. Simons,Les B. Whitbeck +5 more
TL;DR: The emotions and behaviors of both mothers and fathers were almost equally affected by financial difficulties, and disruptions in each parent's child-rearing behaviors had adverse consequences for adolescent development.